How to Cook Leftovers, 1880s Style

Mrs. Gilpin's Frugalities: Remnants, and 200 Ways of Using Them

Brown, Susan Anna

Notes: "As a whole, Americans are more wasteful of food than any other people"—so begins this cookbook devoted to making the best of leftovers.

xvi, 102, [2] pages. 7-3/8 by 5 inches (oblong).

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). Wear to the corners, else very good. Bound in illustrated paper over boards with a cloth spine. Previous owner's name on the first blank, "Sally Buck Dec. 25, 1883."

Publication: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883.

Item No: #362443

Price: $75